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1 h vitzers, up to Mount Surrey from the eastern side of the fort, which was a service of the utmost labour and difficulty, owing to the rains and.deep ness of the roada but .notwithstanding which, a battety of four 24-pounders and four mortars was finished by the 224, And the guns mounted ready, for service, . . On the following-day several more guns were got up, and ready to.he placed in an advanced batter,y, intended to consist of eight 24-pounders; a similar battery was-- preparing to the westward, and the' whole would have begin in a state to open. on the enemy by the 26th, had not a flag of truce been Sent from the fort on the 23d, with proposals for a tioreendvr, on the principle of being sent to France on parole; but Lieutenant-General Beckwith, the Leommander •of the fotces, and myself, not judg ing it proper to accede to such terms, the batteries, which had before opened their hre, recommenced the aitaek at halt past eight o'clock in the evening, tnt.l continued it without intermission during the ,night. The next morning, .a little past six o'clock, one of the magazines in the fort blew up with a great plosion, and soon afterwards three, flags of truce were hoisted by the enemy,; and hostilities, ,ceased on our part. .. ; A letter was then received fsom the - Captain- General Villaret joyeuse, requesting that Commis sioners might be appointed can both sides to settle the terms of• Capitulation, which was agreed to, and Lieutenant-General Sir George Prevost and gaitiand were named by the Coin mander of the Forces,: and Commodorp Cockburn by me. These officer's were met by the General cif yjllaret (the Captain-General's brother), and Colonels Mountfort and Boyer, in a tent erect-, 'ed . for the purpose between the advanced piquets on each side, when the terms were settled and ra tified before midnight; a copy of which I have the . honour to inclose. This morning a detachment . of troops took, posses 7 Ilion, of the Bouille Redoubt, and the ravelines and gateUiq of . Fort Bourbon on the land side;, and the garrispn (a reiurn of which, ,as well ,as the rest of the Prisoners taken, since the commencement of the siege, is inclosed) will be : found embarked in the course of eight days in transports, and his Majesty's ships Belli s le and Ulysses will proceed with them as a guard to Europe. - now bag leave to congratulate their Lordships on the happy' termination of a siege,' which was, by t liq uncommOn exettiOns of the army ana navy,' brought to a close. within 2sl citiy's from the sailing, of the expedttlon trom liatbadoes.. The tire kept up by the bitierieilWas irresistible, the enemy was driven . trim his defences, his 'Caw. ; Don dismaiimed, and the 'whole of the interior of the work ploughed up tiv the shot and shells, within five days after the batteries opened. . Neyer did .more finanimity Prevail between the two servieeit than On the present occasion. One sentiment, iine Wish - , pervaded . the - Whole and 'they looked vita cOnfideitce to a speedy and glorious ter mination of theit'toils. . I had on /hit Service hippliteis to aa with L ieutenant-Geneial • Beck ;.vi ih, an'Officer have long been in the' habits tif intimacywith, froni whose zeal I had 'every thing to expea, 'and which the re cent events have 'se -folly-realized. He did the the honour to .consult me on various: occasions, and his communications and co-operafion were friendly and 'cordial, which, on all conjund axPeditionS, is the surest pledge of success.' I have already informed their Lordships, that I entrusted the whole of the naval arrangementS on shore to Commodore Cockburn. His exertions have been unremitting, -and hiS merit .beyond my' praise. He speaks in terms of high approbatio n o f th e , a bl e .support and assi s tan ce he received from Captains Neshatii, and Brenton, whom I had se 7 leCtita to ad With-hirn. To all these:affieero, and the lieutenants, and other 'of fi cers, peq iiffuer i, seamen, and inarineS immediately under' their com mands, I feel truly 'obliged' for performing the ar duous duties imposed *Oen them. The seven-gun battery at Folville was entirely fo(ght by seamen, from which the therni sdffered severely. .' I have also tLe fullest reason to be thankful to the other officers and, men of the . squadron employed 'on the blockade and reduction of the Island, for t heirgeneraladivity and emulation. . I.subjoin a list of the several returns and papers Which I have been able to colle6t, and send herewith, For any . other information I beg to refer their , Lordships to Captain'Spear, of the Wolverene, an old and deserving Commander, whom I have en. trifsted with this dispatch. - I have the honour to be, Ste. -- (Signed) ALEX. COCHRANE. 'ENCLOSURES. n ~~ Terms of Caitit'ulation, Return of the French Garrison. , - . Return Of the Batteries erceied. Return of vs.il led and VtPounded ip the Sqnadron. • , ' Irttiln of the Squadron. Ctmlal Nteitiorandu o n Issued to the Squadron. ~,,,,) lot Ri.tutn ot 0 rdnanee; .Ordnanee Storm Co m missary 'rtti re. Watts Ito- co ytt.btvu in pletod. ‘t- Colonies —French Empire , -Army'ot Martinique. . Head.'quatters, Fort Pesaix, Feb. 25, 134. • - STAFF, 'List of Men capahlct of being embarked. Staff—.l superior otlicer, o officers. 26t11 'Reg. 2 'superior offi.ers, Jo officer's, 430 subalterns and. soldiers. 82d Reg.--a superior officers; so officers, tieo subalterns and soldiers. Aitillery--a superior officerS, 7 ollicers, 171 subalterns and siAttiet , s. Artiticeis —2 officers, 57 subalterns and soldiers. Horse Criass,:urs— 2 officers, 42 ilubaltcrio and svtdiets. Engitiots— I superior olticer, z officers. Colonial Gendarmerie 7 staraltems and soldiers. " bearrlen--r superior officer, 23 ottic!rs,242 seamen. Adimilistrzp l ion —5 superior Officers, 19 officers, •• Total —it superior office's, 41 officers, 11327 subalterns and. soldiers, 242 seamen • (signrd) - BO E Chef d'Etat Major-General. -Return or.the Batteries' eretled and intended to he erected against f• ort : Bourbon, in the island of Martinique. Batteries completed.. I. Tartenson-4 thirteen-inch mortals, 4 110WitierS. 2. l'avllle-4 ten-inch, 3 eight-inch, 4 five iil.ti half inch mortars, 2 nowitzer illOrtars, 7 meld) -four-pounder guns. 3. L'Arene— , l thirteen-inch mortar, I, nowit2or mortar. 4. Cliikott Ridge-2 ten-inch mottos, a liOwttAer,tltOrtarS, 4 twenty-four-pounder guns. • 5., Fort .1.-inus —4. thirteen-inch mortars; 4 twenty-four poundcr guns. Total 9 thirteen-inch, 6-ten-inch, 3 eight 4 five and liatt«inch mortars, 5 howitzer inottsts,4howiticrs, is twenty-tinir • poiruder guns. . • •• i • Batteries not completed. - Courville-8 twenty-tour-pounder. guns. 13exonS-8 t vitrify-lour- pounder guns. boons Advance—..l ten-inch, 2' eight-inch mortars, t twenty four-pounder gun. • l'auclie—z•eight-inch, 2 five and half-inch rntrtars. Morne Vanwer -.3 thirteen-m..it mortars. , Total-3 thirteen-inch, r tenninth, -4 eight-inch, 2 'Bye and halt-inch rumtars,;.ry t welity 7 timo.pouricr guns.. . (Signed; A EX. COLlift.AN E. Return of Officers and Seamen 'killed and wounded whilst serving on S bore' under the Orders of Commodore Cock• burn, at the Reduction of Martinique. - , kilied; 2 badly, t slightly wounded. Poilipeo- 7 3 killed; 3 badly,. ; wouriclo. leisie None killed; - t badly, 3 slightly wounded. Anniratithe-3 killed ; 4 'badly, 2 slightly wo.nittett. 'IOLA-6 killed; to badly, 9 sightly wounded.. . . (Signed) G. CUCKbLi 4N, Commodore. Names of Offieers wounded... • Amaranthe.— Mr. Thoinas Wickland, isoatsWain • Mr. Thoinpson, Uunner. slightly. POMpbe.—Mr. James Scott, Master's-mare, slightly ; • Mr . T minas Mills, Nlichmipinaii, <shghtty ; Mr. lona Ede.. ' 'yearn, G unner,. badly. ' Names of Men killed. POrripee.-1 3 .obert Rundle , C.frpenter's Crew; Moies But. • let, Able; Patrick Mackey, Landman. - kinaranthe. -- lohn Kerr, Coxswain Roberts ' Boy. (Signed) G; COCKBURN, Cominoefore. l•eb. 25, ig," 9 , • I ist of the Squadron eirtplo).ed ip the Reddelion.Of . . Martinique.• frlti' '' ' . -. Sitio of tho Line. , , . Neptune York l'ompee Captain Belleisle Intrepid Frigates. • Acasta . Circe Penelope ' '. tity,es . Lthalion Etri)llice ./Eolu -- . Sloops, ice. Corer! Swinger IV ol vere.ne lorre.ter Cherub Recruit • ' Srnrk , ' Star . ~. ~ . A ruArantlie Ect.lir 1-I,itility ' Frolic a ' " ". E X iIiVIS , (Signed) ALEX. C()CIIR 4 1N E. Nept Jte, Fort ,Royal Hay, Martinique, February 16, 1P,9. GENERAL. MEIVI . OitAN Du M. - I have great 'satisfaction in annoutwing, to the Sq,nadron thesurrender of. the Fort Bourbon, , 'Whieh event was fnallycoricluded,' and the terms 'of . cal.' pitulati9n ratified, on . Ftiiday night 'and yester 7 . day the:British troops marched in, and took.posses sion of the principal defences of that 'fortress ; by which the sovereignty of this important • Island has been secured to Great iritain. . When I reflex on the labtiar and difficulties the Commodore,' the several Captains and officers, petty officers, seamen and marines, have encountered, and on the short .time in which this serVice has been ac complished, I am impressed with the highest sense of their perseveranee and courage ; and - I shall not fail to r'port the same to my Lords Commissioners of the .A.dmiralty. I have also viewed with admiration the bravery and discipline of the army; but British troops, led on.by snch officers ati we have had the happiness of serving with in the redu6ion of this Island, are in vincible; and 'it is with no little pride I have Wit nesse" d the cordiality which has so oninterruptedlY subsisted between the 'land and sea . forcett, on all combined expeditions, is , the surest means of leading to success. . I' request that Commodore' Cockburn and the so.. veral .Captains will dome the honour to, necept grY' warmest thanks for their exertions, also the 4cers and petty officers, seamen, and marines and ,thitt the Captains,w ill communicate the same to the , lat ter in a suitable manner. (Signed) 'ALEX. COCHRANE. To the Commodore,' the respedive Captains, • Commanders, Ste. StC. " Admiralty-Office, April It!, 1909. Copy of a Letter from Captain George M‘Kailley, of his Majesty's Ship Lively, to the Hon. W. W. Pole, dated on board that Ship, Vigo, the 29th of 34arch, iBO9. SIRS As "I have thought it of importance that my Lords Commissioners Of the Admiralty should have the earliest intelligence of the surrender of Vigo, l'hA , e dispatched Mr. 'l'. Furber, senior . Lieutenant of this ship (in a vessel hired for the purpose), with a copy of tny letter on that subjea to the Hon. Vice-Admi ral.fierkeley. Slgr .1, have the honotir to he, &c. GEORGE WKINLEY, Vjgo. 11iar4:1129, con egrience of a letter . ' received..at Viltigarcia from Capia:n Crnvitr9,.of the Venus, off Vigo, in forming me that the loyal peasantry were in consi derable • torce around ! the castle .and town cr i Vigo, iind that the presence of an9th,r frigato would veil' Much' contribate ty the surrender of that fortress, I joined him on the evening of the c23d inst. utikt InOrning I went to the hea&rinarters , . or Don•Je . no de Alruada de Saiao e Silva, who coin- mancle.4 the Patriot's.- At the instant, a summonsiw as sent to the Governor of Vigo to surrender at discre tion, *bleb led to a negottatiOn between him and the FrenCh, whiCh 'continued till the 26th; when Don Pablo Murillo, commanding a regularlforce of fifteen hundred men, composed of retired soldiers in this Province, arrived, and sent in • a summons to *urretidef. In consequence of which, on the fol lowing day,. the- Proposals (No. 1,) • were brought on ' board by" Dob Pablo MuttllO, accompanied by three French Officers. The answers to them (No. 2.) were delivered' at 5 P.'M. by Capt. Crawford, who concluded the' Capitulati o n which I h av e the honour to inclole ; attd, the whole of the garrison, consisting of a Colonel, 46 Officers, 'and' abOut thir teen or fourteen hundred Men, were etnharked thei next morning., I should.be wahting'in every feelitif), of an Officer, were I not to acknowledge tL , attention and zealous :services` of Captain :214twford ! It also' becomeS mast gratifyibg that lam enabled to inform, you of rty; spirit an * dderertnination of the Spaniards to expel from their country the invaders Of all that is dear to a brave andloyal people. No doubt of sueeess could have arisen', had the enemy persistedin holding out, from the able and. prompt condo Et 'of Don Pablo Murillb, and the good ord©r of hiq troops, the F.trongett,pri)of of his zeal in the juit cauie of his King and Coootry, and the ardour of the peasantry is heyond,all description, I have this honour to be, &c. , ••• GEORGE The Hon. Vice-Admiral Berkeley, 4rii:".Sie. . P. S. I tit% to inClose correo a statement of rho French force ticnel t vonlii ;4410w.,ine . t0 procure. • GEORGE: M'KINLEY. No. 1, coAtairn the .French PrOpmitions respeCting the Terms Of C4pittl4tion. No. 2, the Answer of Capt. tvLekinlcy ;Ind Pablo Mn till°. CA PITLI AT 0 of t he' Tir:iin and Forts at Vigo, oc copied by the Depot of this Regutients forming Part of the C'orps olthe t'renclittrotY in, Spain.. • • This day, ;the arh of. Match, ISoo, at si.x o'clock in the twinng, we lacques Aistoine Chef d'r.sc.itlrolv • Go. Veillor and Carnmindantofthe French Troops in the Town and FOtts or Vigo Ott one parr, :cast lames Coutts Crawford, Esq, Captain of the Britisit frigate tiieNcuuS, .deputed by Grote M‘Kintey, Esq. Corninuoing o:herr before Vigo, and Don Pablo Murillo, Colonel Connitandant of the Spa . . filth Troops be:ore the Town, on the atria, have concluded . the Articles of Capitulation for. tile t ninth rn rise Town .nnl.t orts of Vigo t M the folia`wing.'f trim, viz. Art. The garrison shall math oat id the town.and forts iSith their arms and baggag.:, and with the hollows of War. ;- Answer . !The garrison of Vigo will be allowod to march out of the torts, with the honours of war,. to the glacia, +, hero they. will ground their arms, and :surrender themselves pri. sonersat war the officers keeping their swords and westing apparel. Art. U. The officers iodine/I shell he einbarked in Eng veisela,•anif conveyed to the, nearest French ' port, on parole, not to heat arms against Spain anti her Allies until exchanged, or until peace shall take place. -;\ newer. , fite prisoners shall betbitilucteil to an Eng, , sh noir. An. I tU. The officers And perso.!s Cu in ,the Wit - Uri* Shall keep tit, it aria th,' they shall taste- with them the, 'einiants and Set yarits,--Atis wet,. wet,. ogle. Art. IV. The nioncy r e. cice French Govern ment,.and destined tar of the second corps, sh.;ll remain in the. haridc of 4411 .Payinaster, Who is ie• countable far it.. .The pai-rs rciatiN to' tne aceounts erne reginients prcserred. , --Answer. Vuialic accounts shall be presefvcd: • Art. V The troops shall not tray down their arms till the moment of embarking., and then under.the prote:tion of the British ; t hat is to say, that each di visionor section ihal; sue. cessivOy lay down tneir arras,when respedively embarking. —Ans..Answered in the tirst Article. ; • Art. VI, The inhabitants of the Town of Vigo Shall be revcaed.—Ans. Granted; according to rho laws ot h pain. VII. The 'two hospitals, containing about twice himitred sick, shall be taken care. of by the inhabitant of the town, under the' beitisit and Spanish protection. -,Answer. 't* lie prisoners shall be treated as the laws of humanity require. VIII. The place and the tarts shall only be delivered up at the moment of embarking, to a - number of the blockading troops, consisting 0) three officers, :and fifty, subalterns and soldiers.--An swer . 'Referred to the first and last articles. IX. The present Capittalation will only take eflett when ratified on one part by Mons. Chahar, the Governor, and on the other by toe Commarictinta of the blockading land and Sea tUrCeS, and gliaranteed in all, its , Articles by the Iltit l 4ll Cornmaiating Officer. . • • • - Done at V lgo; 'the day, nionth,.' and reties . above...men* Signed.. • (Si4tiett), Cn 1. or. I. 4...uorta CRAWVOILD• 4',41.11-0 • Statement of the French tierces, arc, surrendered by Capitu lation at Vigo. a7th March, iSO-9, to His Mateay's Shlpg Lively and Venus, the Voters of His Catholic jrsty 't crib:land rhe Seventh. - • 46 Officers, 958 interior officers anti privates fit for duty, 306 sick. OtAl *304 men. M 447 horses ; 62 Carriages. covered waFgois and carts: ilitary Chcbt, containing i 17,153 t rams in Frencli specie. The returns of the' garrison cannon field-pieces, muskets, ammunition, ordnance stores, &v. &c. not yet 'received, but the . whole, together wtt c h the horses, carriages, and specie, have been delivered to Don Pedro Murillo, commander in X(Ste of the Farces at his Catholic Majk-sty Ferdinand the Se venth. (Signed) GEORGE WKINLEY. iitlniirolly-Ogice, April 12, 1809. Copy of another Letter from Captain MtKinley, of liit•Ma jesty's Ship. Lively, to the Hon. W. W. role, dated March 29, 1809, Sti,-;-1 have, the honour to inform you, for the information of my Lords Conitnitisionera .of the Ad miralty, that, in the ad of embarking the French gat i riion, advice Was received of a French force ap proaching, when Don Pablo ,Muriito iinmediAtuly marchLd, attacked, totally. routed them, and 'matte Marty priioners, who itifet rived mt they were a de fachment of three hundyit kern Fey, for the cat Vigo. 1 have the honour to he,. Bce. GEORGE NI‘KINJJEY. . . N A.' AL. tir W . Pi:v.l'ol:TH, APRIL 1 /....; . —The ship Eliza, of Lon don, limn the South Seas, 'was on the 3d inst. in ht. 51. 0. N. long. 10.30.. W. by the Mary, Jim. 'rtiottiAs Master, from Sr. Michael's, which ship arrived here yesterday morning. Came down the liattiour the Phieni.r, Shaba, and .Quebec frigates. Arrived the Lord Eldon hired - armed ship, from Ireland. H, M. S. Triumph for Portsmouth. It is reported here that the Dhow frigate, having on board Rear-Admiral Da COURCEY and family, bound to the Brazils, has been captured, aft-r a severe action, by three French frigates, No poi- Culan have transpired, and it is hoped the report may prove unfoUnded. er5a......11 PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 12.— f Arrived His,ll.ljesty'lf Ship Triumph, from. Ply mouth ; also his Maje l ily' s . Ships IPeuviouth . , Tigress, and lope, : from ttia Downs, with: a Convoy; Tobias, BAlirki ; fouge ch,isti,,a. Johanna Maria, 404-o LisbQn ,Exeter, from DAN) ; Endeavour, LAE. and Dido, TANI.ott, (rQra- Sunderland ; and tito ceriry,l34ucocK, front London. • His Nlajesty'3 Ship La Fleeize,, hay re. : t3kert and into this Port, the Gilliot C„Avol:fiLt. pool, laden with a cargo of salt. CORK„IiPRIL 7. Am. ATROCIOUS MURDER,--With die most tin.; feigned, rev% t and sorrow tt is that in d? barging our duty as daily historians, we aro callt-d upon to, relate the murder of a MOit 6X6'1:,111 man, diner a manner dial astounds us with horror, leaVes OVCr%Vhtitilt:d arnaiLimeut, rerct, ;ind indignti. don. We ran - scarcely 'fink! compoinre enough to state .the drcadfnl fad-that the R. FiTzGER ALI i Totto..t, a Clergympo and a 11Iagistrate' of this eouniy; has ben Murderefi by some villains no, known. 'he cireutti,tatices tliat have reached ire as follow i--,-' - •-•--- . • , Mr. :fisDALL had. been at Castle townsend;\ . whither he: hati•gond f'or the pitrpose of receivii4 some money—fhe lad on his reigns ter his parish in the county of Kerry slept at 'Bantry, i',ll Saviid7ay * the 25th of March; and on.themortinq pf the tut- lov.iing day, 0311 1 1-Sunday; bai'l set ont for'his r4c• tOrage. - He Was met by a servant of his predeCil soy in the riving of Kenmare, within six Mika of his (mai atsade ; but from tbit tithe until his'body ,% 1 3fi found, n mangled, and.melanoholy speaOele,.llo tiLlings had been heard of him. It seems•that his morderers lay in wait for birn at a place on then road between Bantry and Kenmatr, ,called, the Priest's Leap, nod from.thesad evidence or his appearance, it i probable that he was in the first instance shot With o'fitintderhuss in the head, alter which he was robbed 'of 'his money, stript of his clothes; and dragged from the scene of. this most rsvoltingirtut. saclionabOut a kin4iter of a mite, for the puTpow Qf concealment. • OLD 11,41LEY, Y J I Sreterday the Segsinnv of Oyer anti Terminer * t he coy or London and the County cat Middlesex connuencod 'heron: Sir sol,mper4 LAWHENCII, Sir Soloti Lv BLANC * the ItHaonniut, and the City OtTi , ors.--The cares which 4iecurred mwe not into. John Dove, indiaed for - Cutting. and maiming ilichard 'Pearsoit, was acquitted, but is detained, in order to be tried for an assault. John :Vaughan, incliaed for highway robbery; and Thomas Bolton, Andrew Tiffin, James Crowder, and IS'atime! Parsons, indiEted for burglary, werq found Guilty. XIDDLESEX SESSIONS. RBSTIRIVECTION Mitt. Yesterday Henry Penn, John Gladwell, and Tho mas Littleboy, were indided for a conspiracy, in having Stolen a dead body from the vault of the church of St, Mary, Islington. From the evidences it appeared, that the body was bound in the posses sion of. Henry Penn, who is a porter to Sr, Bartho lomew's Hospital. 'that it proved to be,t,hat of Ja cob Hart, a Jew, who having been found drowned in the New River, was left for interment, alter the Coroner's verdiel, with the other two Defendants, one of whom is the grave digger of that parish, and the other eMployed under him • but itberitlled a ' , calla with sand, and it, was bur ' led in lieu of the body, of the unfortunate deeecs-04, withal, th e y livered to‘Penn, who was detested coAveying it to St. Bartholomew's HosOtat for disteaion., The cut being clearly made out, they were all found Gallty, Tuesday Lieut. ilttowtr, of the Royal, Navy, crossed the Thaines, and passed through one of the arches .4. Westminster•bridge, in the presence of some thotisagds of spedators, in a canvass& bat teen, in.: vented - by Col. Ilaow NA, of St, Vincent's, for t he use of the army, with thirty persons. This military bat teau is made of prepared canvass, so as to be Miner. viotts to water. l'he batteau,is 17 feet long, five feet "wide, and three feet' deep,,and when loaded with 3t) persons, only draws three inches water. It is capable of conveying 100 soldiers, with their arms, accou, trements, and baggage, across the widest river, provided they lay down, and 60 if sitting. Thi s batteim weighs only to poimds, and can be fitted up or taken to pieces in three initintwi,, so &kit it forms an easy load for a soldier on a march., Two hat. teatoc . lashed together are capable of conveying the tr heaviest piece ordnance, &e. and a number Con fleeted together forma bridge, fbr the {u sage of cavalry. this, invention of Colonel BROWNS'S has been highly approved of by the Duke of Yo/m, Lord Moi.stik, Lord My".I.,GEAVIi, Lord CHATHAM, and Sir A.,, We CLEnsi. The Colonel, we under stand, ikfitting up one of his batteaux to carry Iwo G-pouuders, ..tiLle in the head, and the other-la-140 stern. ; - -